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καρδία G2588
G2588 is the Greek word καρδία, transliterated kardía. The King James Version most often renders it heart.
What it means
the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle.
Where it comes from
prolonged from a primary (Latin cor, "heart").
How the King James Version translates it
Across 142 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: (+ broken-)heart(-ed).
Verses using καρδία
The first 40 of 134 verses, quoted in full.
Matthew 5:8 · KJV
Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.
Matthew 6:21 · KJV
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Matthew 11:29 · KJV
Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls.
Matthew 12:34 · KJV
O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.
Matthew 12:35 · KJV
A good man out of the good treasure of the heart bringeth forth good things: and an evil man out of the evil treasure bringeth forth evil things.
Matthew 12:40 · KJV
For as Jonas was three days and three nights in the whale’s belly; so shall the Son of man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.
Matthew 13:15 · KJV
For this people’s heart is waxed gross, and their ears are dull of hearing, and their eyes they have closed; lest at any time they should see with their eyes and hear with their ears, and should understand with their heart, and should be converted, and I should heal them.
Matthew 13:19 · KJV
When any one heareth the word of the kingdom, and understandeth it not, then cometh the wicked one, and catcheth away that which was sown in his heart. This is he which received seed by the way side.
Matthew 15:8 · KJV
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
Matthew 15:18 · KJV
But those things which proceed out of the mouth come forth from the heart; and they defile the man.
Matthew 15:19 · KJV
For out of the heart proceed evil thoughts, murders, adulteries, fornications, thefts, false witness, blasphemies:
Matthew 18:35 · KJV
So likewise shall my heavenly Father do also unto you, if ye from your hearts forgive not every one his brother their trespasses.
Matthew 22:37 · KJV
Jesus said unto him, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind.
Matthew 24:48 · KJV
But and if that evil servant shall say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming;
Mark 3:5 · KJV
And when he had looked round about on them with anger, being grieved for the hardness of their hearts, he saith unto the man, Stretch forth thine hand. And he stretched it out: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Mark 6:52 · KJV
For they considered not the miracle of the loaves: for their heart was hardened.
Mark 7:6 · KJV
He answered and said unto them, Well hath Esaias prophesied of you hypocrites, as it is written, This people honoureth me with their lips, but their heart is far from me.
Mark 7:19 · KJV
Because it entereth not into his heart, but into the belly, and goeth out into the draught, purging all meats?
Mark 7:21 · KJV
For from within, out of the heart of men, proceed evil thoughts, adulteries, fornications, murders,
Mark 8:17 · KJV
And when Jesus knew it, he saith unto them, Why reason ye, because ye have no bread? perceive ye not yet, neither understand? have ye your heart yet hardened?
Mark 11:23 · KJV
For verily I say unto you, That whosoever shall say unto this mountain, Be thou removed, and be thou cast into the sea; and shall not doubt in his heart, but shall believe that those things which he saith shall come to pass; he shall have whatsoever he saith.
Mark 12:30 · KJV
And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment.
Mark 12:33 · KJV
And to love him with all the heart, and with all the understanding, and with all the soul, and with all the strength, and to love his neighbour as himself, is more than all whole burnt offerings and sacrifices.
Luke 1:17 · KJV
And he shall go before him in the spirit and power of Elias, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just; to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
Luke 1:66 · KJV
And all they that heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, What manner of child shall this be! And the hand of the Lord was with him.
Luke 2:35 · KJV
(Yea, a sword shall pierce through thy own soul also,) that the thoughts of many hearts may be revealed.
Luke 3:15 · KJV
And as the people were in expectation, and all men mused in their hearts of John, whether he were the Christ, or not;
Luke 4:18 · KJV
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach deliverance to the captives, and recovering of sight to the blind, to set at liberty them that are bruised,
Luke 6:45 · KJV
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
Luke 8:12 · KJV
Those by the way side are they that hear; then cometh the devil, and taketh away the word out of their hearts, lest they should believe and be saved.
Luke 8:15 · KJV
But that on the good ground are they, which in an honest and good heart, having heard the word, keep it, and bring forth fruit with patience.
Luke 9:47 · KJV
And Jesus, perceiving the thought of their heart, took a child, and set him by him,
Luke 10:27 · KJV
And he answering said, Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy strength, and with all thy mind; and thy neighbour as thyself.
Luke 12:34 · KJV
For where your treasure is, there will your heart be also.
Luke 12:45 · KJV
But and if that servant say in his heart, My lord delayeth his coming; and shall begin to beat the menservants and maidens, and to eat and drink, and to be drunken;
Luke 16:15 · KJV
And he said unto them, Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for that which is highly esteemed among men is abomination in the sight of God.
Luke 21:14 · KJV
Settle it therefore in your hearts, not to meditate before what ye shall answer:
Luke 21:34 · KJV
And take heed to yourselves, lest at any time your hearts be overcharged with surfeiting, and drunkenness, and cares of this life, and so that day come upon you unawares.
Luke 24:25 · KJV
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
Luke 24:32 · KJV
And they said one to another, Did not our heart burn within us, while he talked with us by the way, and while he opened to us the scriptures?
Common questions
What does Strong's G2588 mean?
G2588 is the Greek word καρδία (kardía), meaning the heart, i.e. (figuratively) the thoughts or feelings (mind); also (by analogy) the middle.
How is G2588 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it heart (92 times), hearts (47 times), brokenhearted (1 time), one heart (1 time), heart's (1 time).
How many times does G2588 appear in the Bible?
καρδία (kardía) is tagged in 134 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does G2588 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: prolonged from a primary (Latin cor, "heart").
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